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Stop talk­ing about p(doom)

Isaac KingJan 1, 2024, 10:57 AM
39 points
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“Slow” take­off is a ter­rible term for “maybe even faster take­off, ac­tu­ally”

RaemonSep 28, 2024, 11:38 PM
217 points
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[Question] What’s a bet­ter term now that “AGI” is too vague?

Seth HerdMay 28, 2024, 6:02 PM
15 points
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“notkil­lev­ery­oneism” sounds dumb

bhauthApr 28, 2023, 7:46 PM
8 points
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Avoid­ing Jar­gon Confusion

RaemonFeb 17, 2019, 11:37 PM
46 points
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[META] ‘Ra­tional’ vs ‘Op­ti­mized’

TheOtherDaveJan 4, 2012, 6:58 PM
44 points
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Com­mon vs Ex­pert Jar­gon

RaemonSep 21, 2017, 3:05 AM
50 points
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Against nam­ing things, and so on

whalesOct 15, 2017, 11:48 PM
24 points
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“Zero Sum” is a mis­nomer.

abramdemskiSep 30, 2020, 6:25 PM
120 points
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Ra­tion­al­ity Cardinality

jimrandomhApr 27, 2021, 10:27 PM
57 points
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“If and Only If” Should Be Spel­led “Ifeff”

jimrandomhJul 16, 2021, 10:03 PM
24 points
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Ex­pres­sive Vocabulary

AlicornMay 24, 2018, 6:59 AM
145 points
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Leav­ing Orbit

Rob BensingerDec 6, 2021, 9:48 PM
50 points
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Avoid in­fla­tion­ary use of terms

lsparrishMay 30, 2012, 8:31 PM
101 points
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Things I Learned From Work­ing With A Mar­ket­ing Advisor

sarahconstantinOct 9, 2018, 12:10 AM
66 points
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(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

LessWrong Di­as­pora Jar­gon Survey

namespaceMar 22, 2018, 3:18 AM
21 points
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Ap­pendix: Jar­gon Dictionary

CFAR!DuncanAug 13, 2022, 8:09 AM
32 points
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Please (re)ex­plain your per­sonal jargon

Nathan Helm-BurgerAug 22, 2022, 2:30 PM
23 points
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[Question] What is the “Less Wrong” ap­proved acronym for 1984-risk?

Logan ZoellnerSep 10, 2022, 2:38 PM
5 points
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Public-fac­ing Cen­sor­ship Is Safety Theater, Caus­ing Rep­u­ta­tional Da­m­age

YitzSep 23, 2022, 5:08 AM
149 points
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What does “au­to­di­dact” mean?

bhauthMar 22, 2024, 6:37 PM
22 points
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“Mem­branes” is bet­ter ter­minol­ogy than “bound­aries” alone

May 28, 2023, 10:16 PM
30 points
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[Question] Ter­minol­ogy: <some­thing>-ware for ML?

Oliver SourbutJan 3, 2024, 11:42 AM
17 points
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AIS ter­minol­ogy pro­posal: stan­dard­ize terms for prob­a­bil­ity ranges

eggsyntaxAug 30, 2024, 3:43 PM
30 points
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[Question] is there a big dic­tio­nary some­where with all your jar­gon and acronyms and what­not?

KvmanThinkingOct 17, 2024, 11:30 AM
4 points
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On Shifgrethor

JustisMillsOct 27, 2024, 3:30 PM
66 points
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(justismills.substack.com)

[Question] are there 2 types of al­ign­ment?

KvmanThinkingJan 23, 2025, 12:08 AM
4 points
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Out­law Code

scarcegreengrassJan 30, 2025, 11:41 PM
10 points
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Sub­scripts for Probabilities

niplavApr 13, 2023, 6:32 PM
67 points
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Son of Shit Ra­tion­al­ists Say

EneaszJun 1, 2012, 1:47 PM
82 points
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Shit Ra­tion­al­ists Say?

EneaszJan 25, 2012, 9:51 PM
55 points
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[Question] Term/​Cat­e­gory for AI with Neu­tral Im­pact?

isomicMay 11, 2023, 10:00 PM
6 points
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Pro­posal: we should start refer­ring to the risk from un­al­igned AI as a type of *ac­ci­dent risk*

Christopher KingMay 16, 2023, 3:18 PM
22 points
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The Pink Sparkly Ball Thing (Use unique, non-ob­vi­ous terms for nu­anced con­cepts)

MalcolmOceanFeb 20, 2016, 11:25 PM
36 points
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[Question] Op­tion Space Nomenclature

SilverFlameDec 8, 2023, 11:14 PM
1 point
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[Question] What is some un­nec­es­sar­ily ob­scure jar­gon that peo­ple here tend to use?

jchanJul 12, 2023, 1:52 PM
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Cat­a­lyst books

CatneeSep 17, 2023, 5:05 PM
7 points
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Why ra­tio­nal­ists should care (more) about free software

RichardJActonJan 23, 2022, 5:31 PM
66 points
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Wanted: No­ta­tion for credal resilience

PeterHJul 31, 2022, 7:35 AM
21 points
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Do meta-memes and meta-an­timemes ex­ist? e.g. ‘The map is not the ter­ri­tory’ is also a map

M. Y. ZuoAug 7, 2022, 1:17 AM
4 points
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